[OT] Re: How are you enjoying DConf? And where to go next?

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 7 May 2016 at 01:19:43 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> Yes, my wife went for an interview there out of college :) The 
> snow banks were like 6 feet high!

hehe, yeah, we had some beast winters recently too. This last one 
was pretty mild in comparison, but the one before was one of the 
coldest on record - I don't think it got above freezing once in 
the entire month of February, and the snow really piled up. The 
year previous had a moderate ice storm followed by record 
snowfalls (and significant cold, though it did thaw a couple 
times, thankfully).

The snow banks indeed got very tall, typical corner was like five 
feet, and where driveway plows shoved it, some were like eight 
feet up. (Popular intersections aren't as bad since the city will 
send trucks to dump it in the river, but that's just not feasible 
to do everywhere.)

And this is why I prefer riding my bike. People call me nuts for 
this, but my eyes sit higher on the bike than almost any motor 
vehicle, so I can see over more, are like 18 inches off the front 
wheel instead of several feet like in a car, so I don't have to 
creep out so far to see around things, and my ears still work, no 
engine noise to jam them up.

As a result, on the bike, I'm far more aware of surroundings than 
in the car; those advantages more than make up for the lack of 
mirrors. Moreover, the bike is a lot easier to stop than a car, 
there's a lot of advantages.

It is just cold.

> P.S. if it were to be a serious consideration, I'm all for it!

Well, we couldn't literally use my house, it isn't that big, but 
I do know people with larger spaces and there are business class 
hotels up here... and the little Watertown airport is pretty nice 
to use (it only offers service to Philadelphia, but from there 
you can change planes to get wherever).

We also have easy access to Canada!

But it'd prolly be completely unaffordable for the Europeans 
anyway :(